THE ORINDA NEWS Gratis Published by The Orinda Association 12 Issues Annually Volume 28, Number 9 Delivered to 9,000 Households and Businesses in Orinda September 2013 Roaring ‘20s Bootlegger’s Bash Takes Over Orinda Library Plaza By DAVID DIERKS approached by Chip last year to determine truly memorable community event as part Relais and Chateaux resort located on Assistant Editor if Rotary had an interest in becoming a of the Orinda Classic Car Show weekend. the beautiful west coast of Vancouver partner in that effort. We did and so we We’re hoping to repeat the success of last Island. Voted Canada’s #1 resort vaca- n September 20, the 9th annual Orinda participated in getting auction items and year’s dinner and maybe do a little better tion property by Travel and Leisure OClassic Car Show will kick off the providing some volunteers to help with in terms of the fundraising,” added Bon- magazine. weekend with it’s Dancing with the Cars the car show itself and with the dinner. temps. • A wickedly fun Mystery Party for nine event by taking over the Orinda Library couples, the “Railburn Affair” is a quint- Plaza and converting it into Club 26 Orinda, essential “whodunit” set in the 1930s a roaring ‘20s speakeasy. Car show founders at a luxurious Rocky Mountain resort Chip and Carolyn Herman have recruited (in reality the Quarry House at Wilder). Orinda Rotary to produce the event in col- • Tickets to the final round of the 2014 laboration with the Orinda Classic Car Show. Masters golf tournament. “The Community Center and Library Plaza • Rule the Yule – a medieval holiday feast will be dazzling with festive twinkle lights of seven courses for 18-20 lords and and tents aglow,” said Barbara Bontemps, ladies, featuring choral and instrumental organizer of the event. “There will be an ex- ensembles, comedic interludes, irrever- quisite showing of vintage automobiles from ent skits, and touching tributes to the the 1920s and 1930s suitable to our Roar- season. ing Twenties/Great Gatsby theme upstairs • An Instant Wine Cellar. Last year at- around the sculpture garden.” Attendees are tendees brought over 3 cases-worth of encouraged to come in their best flapper/ fine wines from the world’s greatest gangster apparel. wine-making regions and it sold at auc- Last year, Orinda Rotary helped with the tion for $3,000. live auction during the Dancing with the David DIERKS Produced by Orinda Rotary with Mechan- Lois Owens’ 1937 Packard Model 1507 appeared on the Orinda Country Club’s 16th Fairway last year. Cars event and provided volunteers for both ics Bank as the presenting sponsor, Dancing the dinner and the car show. Jack Bontemps, This year, Chip and Carolyn were really Some of this year’s auction items in- with the Cars benefits Orinda non-profit or- past president of Orinda Rotary, and Barbara interested in getting Rotary’s sponsorship clude: ganizations including Education Foundation Bontemps were asked to help again this of the dinner.” • A fabulous getaway for two to the of Orinda (EFO), the Orinda Association’s year. Barbara Bontemps said, “Jack was The Orinda Rotary produced party starts incomparable Wickaninnish Inn, a [SEE DANCING page 12] at 7 p.m. and includes dinner, dancing, a private showing of cars from the 20s and Restaurant Tour In- 30s, hosted cocktails, live auction and a Orinda Jazz Festival Promises Renowned champagne and desert bar. “Orinda Rotary cludes Trolley Ride is pulling out all the stops to make this a and Up-and-Coming Artists and Entertainment By CHARLIE JARRETT By KATHRYN G. MCCARTY Staff Writer Staff Writer IN THIS ISSUE he summer may sizzle but the hills of News his fall the Orinda Chamber of Com- Orinda will be cool with the upbeat, Police Blotter 5 T Tmerce offers food lovers an opportu- Around Town sexy sounds of jazz. The Orinda Jazz Fes- nity to savor a host of epicurean delights Local Residents/Organizations 8, 9, tival, now in its third year, brings top-notch from local restaurants while helping the 12, 21 music and musicians to Orinda with any community with its Sixth Annual Orinda Performing/Visual Arts 2, 3, 13, 23 profits raised benefiting the Orinda Arts Restaurant Tour. Restaurant Guide 15-20 Council and various community programs. Candy Kattenburg, executive director Schools/Students 5, 14, 22 The festival opens at 11 a.m. on Saturday, of the Orinda Chamber of Commerce and Business Buzz 26 September 28, in the Orinda Library Au- CHARLIE JARRETT coordinator for the tour said the event, Calendar 23 ditorium, 26 Orinda Way in Orinda, and Bob Athayde, well-know local musician and featuring many of Orinda’s top restaurants, Car Time 9 closes at 7 p.m. Two Stages will be set teacher, goes over music lists with organizer and is an “opportunity to assist a great cause Classified 24 [SEE JAZZ page 24] fellow musician Carol Alban. – supporting special programs and non- Editorial 6 profits right here in Orinda.” Everyday Changes 4 The Restaurant Tour will be held Tues- Orinda Association 7 day, September 24, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Seasoned Shopper 25 [SEE TOUR page 24] Something to Howl About 13 ECRWSS Permit No. 4 No. Permit Postal Customer Customer Postal Orinda, CA Orinda, PAID U.S. POSTAGE U.S. PRSRT Non-Profit PRSRT 2 n THE ORINDA NEWS n SEPTEMBER 2013 LIBRARY GALLERY Four Experimental Artists On the Razor’s Edge of Creativity By ELANA O’LOSKEY 30-35 paintings on the walls, and the glass Staff Writer cases will be filled with Emanuel Rosen- heim’s ceramic pieces. magination grows by exercise, and Marianne K. Brown, a teacher and wa- “Icontrary to common belief, is more tercolor painter from Moraga, has taught powerful in the mature than in the young,” painting and design for 40 years and has or so says Somerset Maugham. This quote exhibited work and won awards both lo- applies to the four exhibitors - Marianne K. cally and nationally. According to Jenny Brown, Emanuel Rosenheim, Jenny Kolk- Kolkhorst, “She has influenced generations horst and Diane Goldstein - in this month’s of watercolorists and other artists and de- show at the Orinda Library Gallery. It runs signers to expand their scope of art.” Brown from September 4 to October 1. Come meet has a BFA from the Univ. of Wisconsin and these vital, experimental artists on Sunday, a Masters in Art from the Univ. of Arizona. September 8, from 3 to 5 p.m. where light She is a member of the International Soci- refreshments will be served. There will be ety of Experimental Artists, the Lamorinda CONTRIBUTED PHOTO CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Marianne K. Brown has influenced generations Untitled 102 by Marianne Brown is a 15” x of artists. 22” watercolor that will be featured in the Library Gallery. Arts Alliance, and a signature member of critiques; people learn in class and paint the National Watercolor Society and the at home. Every week I begin with a joke. California Watercolor Association. She is Most of my ideas come from my imagina- the author of Watercolor by Design, avail- tion – I just keep getting new ideas of how able on Amazon. to use watercolors and subject matter. The Brown, who admits only to being an ideas arise day and night and then I can’t octogenarian, says, “In some ways, age wait to see how they will look on paper. My opens doors. I have been teaching three 10 message to my students is to have fun; we week quarters for 40 years, and I have never have to have fun or we won’t do it. I spend repeated a lesson,” she says. “My classes two to three days a week planning the next are demonstrations and [non-threatening] lesson, it’s both work and a delight; I’m also learning something new every time. We always teach what we need to learn.” Brown hopes people will look at her watercolors and decide for themselves whether they like them. Her work is non- figurative, and what people will look at is color, space and design. Not surprisingly, her favorite painters include Diebenkorn and Paul Klee; she expresses admiration for two of her many teachers: Alex Powers and Christopher Schink. To sign up for one of Brown’s classes at Hacienda de las Flores CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Diane Goldstein's Frolic #5 will be on display at the September Gallery show at the Orinda Library. in Moraga, go to www.moraga.ca.us or call 925-888-7035 or 925-888-7045. Emanuel Rosenheim of Lafayette began working with clay at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1966 where he studied painting and ceramics, earning a BFA degree. He taught for many years and ran the Concord [SEE GALLery page 10] THE ORINDA NEWS n SEPTEMBER 2013 n 3 PERFORMING ARTS Lamorinda Idol Contestants Ready for September 8 Event By KATHRYN G. MCCARTY old, wowed the audience at Oakland Fox Staff Writer Theatre with her rendition of “God Bless the Child.” Other Idol contestants, Harwood ixty young finalists from Orinda, La- notes, include Miramonte grad Jac Garrell, Sfayette and Moraga step into the spot- a three time Idol winner who performs in light at the Orinda Theatre on September a USC acapella group, and, this summer, 8 beginning at 11 a.m. for a chance to be directed the Lafayette Theatre Academy’s the next Lamorinda Idol champion. Rang- musical, Once on This Island. Ben Free- ing in age from kindergarten through high man, the 2007 Idol high school winner and school, the enthusiastic young vocalists will a Miramonte grad, recently graduated from entertain audiences for the 8th straight year.